Agricultural implement.



lll ll llil iEll STATES Uhlillfiilib JOHN J. FRUEGHI AND JOHN J. ZIMMER, QF CARNEGIE. PENNSYLVANIA.

1" '0 all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that. We, Jenn J. FRUEUHT and Jenn J. Ziiminn, cilizens of the United States of America, residing at Carnegie, in thecounty of Allegheny and State of lei'lnsylvania, have inrei'itcd oerain new and useful improvements in Agricultural ln'ipleincnis, oil which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the aceon l panyingdrawi n g.

This invention relates to agricriltnral implcnients, and the primary object of our inyention is to grovide' a series of llllpll-lllQlllS and a handle that can. be used in connection with any one of the .nnplcinonls, said handle being designed whereby it can be easily and quickly connected to one of the iinplcn'lcnts when it desired to use the some.

Another object of our invention is to provide ai'ake with a detachable handle and a, novel ejector for removing grass from the lines of the IZllitl.

A further object of this invention is to provide an. agricultural implement which will facilitate he Work 03? a gardener or farmer and ender it l1l1l1QC,;- S2lly that separate and distinct implements be purchased for farming or gardening purposes.

ll ith the above and other objects in View which will more readily appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be presently deicribcd and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of a is partly broken away and partly in section, .i 15;. 2 is a bottom plan of the same, with the handle thereof broken away, Fig 3 is a front elevation of a rake.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 design nates a rake head having depending tines 2, and a roarwardly extending yoke 3 terminating in a threaded shank 4t.

Adapted to screw upon the shank i is a ferrule 5 of a handle 6, said ferrule having a threaded. socket 7 to receive the shank A jam nut 8 is located upon the threaded shank i, and is screwed into engagement with the ferrule 5, to lock said ferrule upon the threiided shank 4-,

The shanlc adjacent to the yoke 3 is provided with upwardly extending parallel lugs 9, and pii 'otally mounted between said lugs by a pin AG-RZCUJJJIURAL IMPLEIMIF NT.

Specification of Letters Patenti A lica io filed Jui 2i, 190a;

19 is an arm 11, the forward enili Patented Dec. 1, 1908. Serial No, 445,222.

of said ar in being provided with a depending pivoted stirrup 12 supporting a plate 13, WlllCll is provided with openings 1%, to receive the tines 2 of the rake. Secured to the shay-l; l between the lugs llis a fiat spring (so 15 lapterl to engage the arm 11 andsnpport the plate 13 rake.

After the rake has been used and grass and leaves have accumulated upon aroinid the tines 2, the fOl'Wtll'tl end of the arm lfl. can be depressed to lower the plate l3 and strip the lines 2 of matter that may adhere to said tines. When the arm ll is released the spring 1? immediately returns the plate 2;: to its normal position.

lVhile in the drawings iorining a part of this application, We have illustrated the preferred ClHlIlOtlllflPllllts of our invention, would have it understood that the elements therein can be varied or changed Withoui departing from the spirit ot the invention.

Having now (lose ibod our invention What we claim as new, is:-

.1. An agn'icultural implement: embodying a rake head having depending lines, a rearweirdly extending yoke carried by said head,

i a threaded shank carried by said yoke, up-

wardly extending lugs ca rried by said shank,

an arm pirotally mounted between said lug-s a (lwendin )irote'd stirru 3 carried bv a threaded shank carried by said yoke, no,

Wardly extending; lugs carried by said shank, an arm pirotally mounted heir-seen. 'a-idlngs, a depending pivoted stirrup carried by the forward end or said arm, plate carried by said stirrup and having openings formed therein to receive the tines of said rake head, means engaging said arm for normally holding said plate in engagement with said rake head, and a handle adapted to screw ufion said shank. j

3. An agricultural implement comprising a rake head having depending tines, a

against the head 1 of the and threaded shank supported thereby, a spring- In ta: imony whereof We affix our signahe presence of two Witnesses.

pressed pivoted arm supported by said i tures JO C HN J. FRUE HT.

shank 21 depending stirrup ,pivotally connee-ted to said arlh, an apertured plate car- I JOHN J. ZIMMER. ried by said stirrup and adapted to embrace Vitnes:-:- the tines of said rake, and a handle de- MAN SROLOVITZ,

tachably mounted upon said threaded shank. l K. LUTLER. 

